Excellent tournament from the 13e Academy's perspective. The slight delay at the beginning wasn't an issue at all (and wasn't the admin's fault at all as some players/team were simply late) and the groupstage was finished within perfectly reasonable timing. Not a single issue during our matches, all our opponents were fair & respectful and we had several really tense matches. Props to GVT for continuously pushing us to the limit, quite amazing to see a half NA-based team hold its ground in an EU tournament.
From a competitive perspective, it's also really enjoyable to see almost all rounds of sixteen were either close or super close, which shows there is a lot of potential candidates for the 6/7/8th knockout stage spots. Although the quarters were pretty one-sided, the semi-finals and grand final + bronze match were all pretty spectacular in a sense so huge props to the concerned teams for putting on one hell of a show. Imo, this was the perfect start to this second season and I eagerly await the next tournament. Huge thanks to everyone involved in the making of this edition, and congratulations to Amaterasu for their well-deserved victory.
